Today Governor Pat McCrory announced new initiatives that will be included in his proposed 2016 budget to be presented to the legislature before this yearās short session. The Autism Society of North Carolina (ASNC) and other partners have worked with the governorās office and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to include these…
Learn More about ASNC with New Podcasts
Online interviews explore issues faced by the autism community in North Carolina, provide information about the Autism Society of North Carolinaās services and supports, and share personal stories. If you have a smartphone, you probably use it for more than phone calls. Todayās technology enables us to use our phones to listen to music, watch…
Focus on Science at ASNC Annual Conference
Dr. Geri Dawson, Director of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development, opened the second day of our annual conference with a fact-filled presentation titled: āAutism Spectrum Disorders: What do we know? Where are we heading?ā We would like to thank her for sharing her time and knowledge with us. For those who were…
Structure – an Important Teaching Tool
Editor’s Note – This article was written by Amy Hobbs, Training Coordinator for the Autism Society of North Carolina. To read Amy’s bio click here. It was Sunday and a new group of campers had arrived in the afternoon. I was called to the old dining hall to assist a counselor who was having trouble…
School is out for summer. What to do?
Editor’s Note: This week’s Blog contribution is from Leica Anzaldo, Training Manager for the Autism Society of North Carolina’s Training Department. School is out and while many of us have been anxiously awaiting this day, for others it is a time of anxiety. Summer for children with autism and their families can be a particularly…
A Shocking Story, A Shocking School
Imagine being being strapped facedown on a four-point restraint board and being shocked repeatedly by an unseen person for swearing…and youāre a child.Ā This is about a book that the Autism Society of NC (ASNC) will never stock or sell.Ā Why talk about it, then?Ā Sometimes we have to address the ugly elephant in the…